Bill Kenwright

[davmaher]

Walter Smith deliberately planted SAF puppet (Moyes) into Everton, so his buddy ( SAF) plan could come into play.
Moyes was briefed to upset Rooney and force his move.
Walter Smith used all his severance pay to buy shares into Paul Stretfords company.
10 years later SAF recommends Moyes to the OT board.
Job done.
Smith as just as much a snake as Blubbering Bill and knew exactly what he was doing the day he recommended Moyes

So Walter Smith is really Keyser Soze?

 

[Lawrence]

I missed this somehow.

"He bought the club in total crisis"..... Perhaps, but he was already on the board. So if it was in total crisis, he was a part of the process that got us there. However, that crisis was a far less debt ridden club than the one he sold almost 2 decades later. The club that he eventually sold was a club with significantly less property assets than when he and his pals took over. A club that had to sell its youth training academy and first team training ground, and eventually couldn't afford the new one and had to rent it. A club that had to sell multiple properties and whole sites around Goodison to stay afloat.... to the point that it couldn't even complete a development on part of the Park end car park because it didn't fully own it (which it had forgotten!). It was a club that had been completely left behind financially by ALL of its main competitors and some traditionally smaller ones too. ALL other clubs had done more to modernise their stadium infrastructure. It was Moyes who was keeping the club's head above water.... while in the background our club's attempts to boost financial performance to give the manager more funds and to address stadium improvement were a complete failure. You really can't just brush the Kings Dock and destination Kirkby debacles and over 10yrs of zero net spend under the carpet just because Moyes managed a handful of European games on a shoestring budget..... and you certainly can't write it off as BKs great achievement! It's a nonsense argument. We've been in one final and have won nothing since he was chairman. We have been treading water while all our contempories have strengthened their position by increasing on and off field investment to the point where most of them now operate on a whole different level.

All but one of the players you mention arrived under Moyes. Even with the addition of a quality striker (something Moyes was rarely ever really afforded), we won nothing and that squad soon began to fall away. Moshiri turned up, spent a fortune just paying off our debts..... and BK remained as chairman running the club with a fat new cheque book!!! The major difference in both periods is Moyes and you know it! Is Moshiri blameless? No.... not at all.... but that doesn't negate the damage done by the previous 20yrs of abject stagnation that run our club into the ground, while all others invested, addressed their issues and grew. Yes we had a few days out in Europe.... big deal! Our peers had season after season of it and were actually winning things and building infrastructure and new income streams too.

Brilliant Summary. This should be in the REDCHO.

 

[degsy]

The idea of Walter Smith playing 4d chess for 20 years has cheered me right up. The guy couldn't even pick 4 defenders in their best positions.

True; he sometimes picked 7 or 8 in the wrong positions - like on the pitch

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

I missed this somehow.

"He bought the club in total crisis"..... Perhaps, but he was already on the board. So if it was in total crisis, he was a part of the process that got us there. However, that crisis was a far less debt ridden club than the one he sold almost 2 decades later. The club that he eventually sold was a club with significantly less property assets than when he and his pals took over. A club that had to sell its youth training academy and first team training ground, and eventually couldn't afford the new one and had to rent it. A club that had to sell multiple properties and whole sites around Goodison to stay afloat.... to the point that it couldn't even complete a development on part of the Park end car park because it didn't fully own it (which it had forgotten!). It was a club that had been completely left behind financially by ALL of its main competitors and some traditionally smaller ones too. ALL other clubs had done more to modernise their stadium infrastructure. It was Moyes who was keeping the club's head above water.... while in the background our club's attempts to boost financial performance to give the manager more funds and to address stadium improvement were a complete failure. You really can't just brush the Kings Dock and destination Kirkby debacles and over 10yrs of zero net spend under the carpet just because Moyes managed a handful of European games on a shoestring budget..... and you certainly can't write it off as BKs great achievement! It's a nonsense argument. We've been in one final and have won nothing since he was chairman. We have been treading water while all our contempories have strengthened their position by increasing on and off field investment to the point where most of them now operate on a whole different level.

All but one of the players you mention arrived under Moyes. Even with the addition of a quality striker (something Moyes was rarely ever really afforded), we won nothing and that squad soon began to fall away. Moshiri turned up, spent a fortune just paying off our debts..... and BK remained as chairman running the club with a fat new cheque book!!! The major difference in both periods is Moyes and you know it! Is Moshiri blameless? No.... not at all.... but that doesn't negate the damage done by the previous 20yrs of abject stagnation that run our club into the ground, while all others invested, addressed their issues and grew. Yes we had a few days out in Europe.... big deal! Our peers had season after season of it and were actually winning things and building infrastructure and new income streams too.

For me a highly indicative moment was the failed appointment of Trevor Birch as CEO.
A highly respected and successful football executive whose tenure was alarmingly brief following a disagreement over strategy.
Something was clearly amiss.

 

[degsy]

For me a highly indicative moment was the failed appointment of Trevor Birch as CEO.
A highly respected and successful football executive whose tenure was alarmingly brief following a disagreement over strategy.
Something was clearly amiss.

This.
He saw the writing on the wall; told them - and as far as I can gather was told, stfu / toe the party line.
So he spewed it

 

[Simon Buttle]

For me a highly indicative moment was the failed appointment of Trevor Birch as CEO.
A highly respected and successful football executive whose tenure was alarmingly brief following a disagreement over strategy.
Something was clearly amiss.

When you get the chance to appoint someone like that you let them get on with the job and just do their thing. I can only guess that Birch basically told Bill a few home truths and he threw a wobbly about it to which Birch then replied he and Kenwright would never work out.

 

[dannyboy]

I can't put into words the feeling I had when Burnley scored the winner then. If/when we get relegated, it's going to be even worse.

Think I need to just try and stay away from it all because the level of anger and hatred I have towards Moshiri and Kenwright isn't healthy. They have absolutely killed us.

 

[longers]

I hate his stupid little chubby face

 

[Big Sams Undies]

For me a highly indicative moment was the failed appointment of Trevor Birch as CEO.
A highly respected and successful football executive whose tenure was alarmingly brief following a disagreement over strategy.
Something was clearly amiss.

Now come on, look at the level of CEO we have at the minute. I’m sure we had to fight off many other interested clubs from all over the globe to secure her.

Who wouldn’t want a former headteacher and 2 bob charity manager running their multi multi million pound organisation rather than, say, somebody with any kind of track record of success in a comparable field?

Joke obviously. Another example of the rotten attitude of this dying club.

 

[Efcjake]

Hes going to go down along with Moshiri as one of the most hated people associated with the club.

Fat git got his massive cash out and wouldn't ride off into the sunset. I despise him and every board member.

 

[Tom Hughes]

Now come on, look at the level of CEO we have at the minute. I’m sure we had to fight off many other interested clubs from all over the globe to secure her.

Who wouldn’t want a former headteacher and 2 bob charity manager running their multi multi million pound organisation rather than, say, somebody with any kind of track record of success in a comparable field?

Joke obviously. Another example of the rotten attitude of this dying club.

Exactly..... been run like a corner shop in a street full of supermarkets....... and hypermarket next door!

 

[pedro789]

Should be chased out of the club with his flunkies. Good times are over for BK, DBB et al.

 

[StreetEndBlue]

I've openly disliked this clown for years, but right now I hate him more than anyone on this planet. Horrible horrible excuse for a man whose decisions over decades have led this club to the blink of oblivion just because he's been determined to cling on at all costs.

If we lose tomorrow I hope the whole of the ground turns on this complete shithouse. Long overdue.

'Good times' eh. Get out of our club you total clueless slimeball.

 

[Daytripper]

I've openly disliked this clown for years, but right now I hate him more than anyone on this planet. Horrible horrible excuse for a man whose decisions over decades have led this club to the blink of oblivion just because he's been determined to cling on at all costs.

If we lose tomorrow I hope the whole of the ground turns on this complete shithouse. Long overdue.

'Good times' eh. Get out of our club you total clueless slimeball.

As much as I don’t like him and think he’s a massive phoney, don’t let it eat away at you. He won’t be arsed about you mate.

The chances are they are already forming the hit pieces with media allies to deflect blame and shame people for giving him any blame.

I’ve said it before, it’s not just him, many have placated him and the board for years even pre-Moshiri. The Echo in particular and the likes of Prentice, O’Keefe when he was there, are a absolute disgrace to fans and the term journalism.

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

Here's to good times.......??